Randall is an English surname that grew out of the medieval given name Randel, a pet form of Randolf; it combines the Germanic rand, "shield rim", with wulf, "wolf", and is usually read as "shield wolf". The name was a top 100 choice in the United States from the 1940s to the 1960s. Randall ranked number 440 in 2000, has drifted in and out of the top 1000 since 2015 and stands at number 1506 in 2025.